Our cantonese is 1900s level.

Hong Kong cantonese has diverted and bloosomed from there, they learn cantonese in school, you think their cantonese not progress ?

whereas us, we learn cantonese from our parents, no official education. Those from chinese school use their existing learning to translate and use for local tv programs.

this is the reason why HK cantonese so far ahead of ours.

Also not every chinese here is cantonese, you try to speak to penang/kedah/johor/klang lang in cantonese lah, you think they understand you ?